This Blacksmith’s Forge Is the Perfect Family-Friendly Summer Activity
We’ve got the perfect way to reconnect: Let’sSmith, an iron forge the whole family can enjoy. Are you ready for Hot Ore Summer?
Tag: History
Doing the Laundry with Leonardo Da Vinci
To begin, there are four Powers: Liquid and powder, dryer and air.
Thus Baked Zarathustra
This simple 7-ingredient recipe will elevate your baking beyond the falsehoods of flavor and morality.
Salad Green or Merciless Historical Figure?
Arugula? Tatsoi? Mihirakula? Tamerlane? Everything on this list is ready to haunt you.
I Am the Production Accountant on This Viking TV Documentary and You’re Using Too Much Blood
While I appreciate your dedication to authenticity, it’s making our battlefields look like the aftermath of Carrie’s prom.
Six Reasons for the Fall of the Ottoman Empire (Number 4 May Surprise You!)
Capital Confusion: Throughout its history, the “Naughty Otty Empire” had FIVE capitals: Söğüt, Nicea, Bursa, Adrianople, and Constantinople.
Niccolò Machiavelli Reviews Children’s Books
Charlotte’s Web: After reading this pathetic book, I threw it from the top of the Duomo, where it landed upon and killed a Political Realist.
Editor’s Response to Martin Luther’s Feedback for the Cover Design of 95 Theses
Let me know if "Indulgence preachers hate him!" works for you as a tagline.
How Children Remember History vs. How Their Parents Remember It
1327 AD: “I love this new “Ring Around the Rosie” Song!” vs. “I hate that schools are trying to make this bubonic plague sound fun!”
“Of Course, It’s Gone Now…”: An Oral History of All the Places My Boomer Parents Have Ever Visited
Dad: The town’s richest family used to own that. Now, everyone goes to Wally-Mart... Me: You have like, 17 pants from Walmart.
Other Things That Were Considered Evidence of Witchcraft in 17th Century Salem
- Saying “have fun” when someone says they have to go to the bathroom - Seductively unbuckling one of the buckles on your left shoe
Period Drama or “Period” Drama?
- An oppressively prudish focus on discretion. - Heaving, aching bosoms.